Gordon Campbell On Why Workers Get Treated As Disposable
National is SO very opposed to ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill that it is willing to waste time and money on supporting its first reading and […]
National is SO very opposed to ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill that it is willing to waste time and money on supporting its first reading and […]
The ACT Party won only 8.6% of the vote last year, so how come it seems to be driving about 75% of the government’s agenda? […]
For the past 50 years, the centre-right has been using beneficiaries as a political punching bag. This was (slightly) more forgivable during the Muldoon era, […]
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has taken a ton of flak for not having a Plan B in place before she cancelled Kiwirail’s contract for the […]
In any part of the globe, the research is conclusive that the health benefits to babies from breastfeeding exceed those obtainable from infant formula. Moreover, […]
When it comes to real Olympic gold, it’s hard to go past the $1.25 billion in advertising revenues that’s been sold off the back of […]
If anything finally convinces voters that the Luxon government is a deadly risk to life and limb, it will be the damage it is doing […]
List MPs are on shakier ground than electorate MPs if they resign (or get expelled) from the party under whose banner they entered Parliament. An […]
Earlier this week at Parliament, Labour leader Chris Hipkins was applauded for saying that the response to the final report of the Royal Commission of […]
Given the crackdown on wasteful government spending, it behooves me to point to a high profile example of spending by the Luxon government that looks […]
History is not on the side of the centre-left, when Democratic presidents fall behind in the polls and choose not to run for re-election. On […]
Since open denial of climate change is no longer a viable political option, denial now comes in disguise. The release this week of the coalition […]
Having watched Donald Trump systematically exploit social grievances, urge people not to accept his election loss and incite his followers to violent insurrection… it is […]
New Zealand is one of six countries invited as onlookers to this week’s NATO summit in Washington. As such, PM Christopher Luxon will be made […]
As Werewolf predicted a week ago, it was premature to call Emmanuel Macron’s snap election call “a bitter failure” and “a humiliating defeat” purely on […]
Labour is saying it needs to listen. Apparently, Labour is going to spend 2024 listening, and 2025 thinking about its options. It could be 2026 […]
Emmanuel Macron’s plan B involves a risky, rope-a-dope strategy. Deliberately, he has opened a corridor to power for the far right, in the belief they […]
Finally, Julian Assange is free after 12 years of confinement, much of it spent while under the threat of rendition to the US to face […]
The decision taken last December to cancel the contract for the two purpose-built Cook Strait ferries – without having a Plan B in mind, let […]
Its not often that one has to agree with Judith Collins, but yes, it would indeed cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” (at least) to […]
After months and months of blocking every attempt by the UN and everyone else to achieve a Gaza ceasefire, US President Joe Biden is now […]
Struth, what a week. Having made sure the rural sector won’t have to pay any time soon for its pollution, PM Christopher Luxon yesterday chose […]
What if New Zealand threw a fossil fuel party, and nobody came? On the weekend, Resources Minister Shane Jones sent out the invitations and strung […]
Should sick leave be part and parcel of the working conditions from Day One on the job, just like every other health and safety provision? […]
Nigel Farage’s initial reason for not standing in the British election – because he wanted to be a Trump adviser – never looked very convincing. […]
So…. according to the Treasury, we’ll have to borrow $17.1 billion by June 2028, to help fund ( among other things) a nearly $10 billion […]
T he ANC’s goal in Wednesday’s election will be to staunch the bleeding of its support. The ANC has reason to feel anxious. For months, […]
It may be a relic of a previous era of egalitarianism, but many of us like to think that, in general, most New Zealanders are […]
The scathing “independent” review of Kāinga Ora barely hit the table before the coalition government had acted on it. The entire Kāinga Ora board will […]
The split opening up in Israel’s “War Cabinet” is not just between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his long-term rival Benny Gantz. It is actually a […]
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